Shadows is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot‘s fifteenth original album, released in 1982 on the Warner Brothers Records label. It peaked at #87 on the Billboard charts. The album marked another significant turning point in Lightfoot’s musical evolution. He moves further away from his acoustic roots through greater use of synthesisers and electric organ. The album […]
Two Of Us is an album by Hiroyuki Matsuda, released in 1992 Hiroyuki Matsuda (松田博幸) is a Japanese lyricist and singer that debuted in 1992 under the label Tokuma Japan. Tracks 1 Moving Night 5:442 逃げられないほどハートブレイク Heartbreak 4:543 Monochrome Melody 5:394 Hello 5:055 Sudden Beat 4:186 Believin’ 4:477 Stop Your Crying 6:128 きっと夜が迎えにくる 4:499 Lonely Night […]
Flying Cowboys is an album by Rickie Lee Jones that was released in September 1989 and produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan. After the release of The Magazine in 1984, Jones retreated from the limelight. She married Pascal Nabet Meyer and gave birth to daughter Charlotte Rose in 1988 while working on her fourth […]
This Time is the fourth studio album by Jazz vocalist Al Jarreau, released in 1980 on Warner Bros. Records. The release marked a change in Jarreau’s sound to a more R&B-oriented flavor. As a result, the album achieved more success on the mainstream charts than his previous works, while also topping the Jazz Charts. It […]
Celebrate Me Home is the debut solo album from Kenny Loggins, released in 1977. The album, Loggins’ first since splitting from Loggins and Messina, represents a slight move away from the folk-rock leanings of his previous recordings towards a more polished, soft rock sound. Despite featuring production by famed Billy Joel collaborator Phil Ramone and […]
Real is the seventh album by Clarence Carter, released in 1974. Tracks 1 Real (Lamont Dozier) 5:20 2 On Your Way Down (Allen Toussaint) 5:36 3 Warning (Perry Boyd, Michael J Jackson) 3:04 4 Rosey (Perry Boyd, Michael J Jackson, Andrew Smith) 3:56 5 Fine Love (Perry Boyd, Andrew Smith) 2:49 6 A Very Special […]
The Last Thing On My Mind is the second album by Austin Roberts, released in 1973. Austin Roberts (born George Austin Robertson Jr., September 19, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter. His most successful recording was 1975’s “Rocky”; a transatlantic Top 40 hit single. Tracks 1 Mr. Lonely (Danny Janssen, Bobby Hart) 2:562 Baby […]
First Grade is the second album by Thomas Jefferson Kaye, released in 1974. Thomas Jefferson “Tommy” Kaye was an American record producer, singer-songwriter and musician. Described as a “legendary hipster”. He worked as a songwriter and producer with a wide variety of musicians including The Shirelles, Loudon Wainwright III, and Gene Clark, and also recorded […]
Hello Big Man is singer-songwriter Carly Simon‘s twelfth album, and eleventh studio album, released in 1983. The album was Simon’s last for Warner Bros. Records (and for what became the Warner Music Group, having also spent time with Elektra Records), as it was a commercial disappointment upon release, despite a positive reception from critics. The […]
Something Special is the fifth studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on August 29, 1985 by MCA Records. It is certified platinum by the RIAA. The album produced singles in the track “You’re Something Special to Me” (#4 on Hot Country Singles) and “The Chair” (#1 on the same chart). It […]